Bulldogs double over CBC, 81-73, for 1st Region XIV win

Double-doubles by Eric McCullom and D’Angelo Hunter led six Navarro players in double-figure scoring and the Bulldogs cleared a team-high 57 rebounds Saturday in their 81-73 Region XIV basketball win over the Coastal Bend Cougars.

Coach Michael Landers’ Bulldogs (8-3 / 1-1) claimed their first conference win in their final fall-semester contest at home, and remained unbeaten after six at the Wolens Special Events Center.

The double-doubles bring to six the number recorded by Navarro basketball in 11 games to date. Saturday’s game was the first in which two NC players turned in double-doubles in the same contest.

McCullom equaled his personal-season-best Saturday with a 14-point, 15-rebound game. McCullom’s point total featured 8-of-12 shooting from the free-throw line. Nine of his rebounds were of the offensive variety.